Added by Heather Sansom at Equifitt.com on June 7, 2009 at 11:30pm — 9 Comments
In 1993, after years of puzzling symptoms, I finally got diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Finally I had the answer to why I could never ride as well as I wanted to. I tried to get back to riding my horses, but the exhaustion, muscle pain, and lack of emotional control when exhausted that come from MS defeated my first attempt to get back riding. Due to owning 4 horses at the time I did not have the money for lessons, or the endurance to take them.
Several years later I…
Added by Jackie Cochran on June 5, 2009 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments
Last week, I started this series to help you decide how and when to introduce new work. That blog focused on Training and First Levels. What follows is Part 2 of that series.
Let's say your horse is solid at first level. Look ahead to the Second Level movements. Check out the dressage tests. You'll see that you need to work on shoulder-in, haunches-in, renvers, simple changes of lead, reinback and turns on the haunches.
You'll also notice that the big…
Added by Jane Savoie on June 5, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments
What I am looking for in a rider is balance and empathy with their horse as a living creature. Someone who has feel for the basic paces and hopefully able to tell the right and wrong lead and the right and wrong diagonal. They need to be able to maintain a contact without being stiff and heavy and to be concise in what they are asking. This is quite important; if you ask a horse to walk on, you tell it to walk on.
Temperament in the rider
Any rider that is so…
Added by Tim Stockdale on June 5, 2009 at 8:00am — 2 Comments
Added by Heather Sansom at Equifitt.com on June 3, 2009 at 9:30am — 3 Comments
Added by Viki LaCombe on May 31, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments
Riders often ask me, "How do I know it's the right time to start training something a bit harder?"
This is a big topic so I'm going to cover it over two blogs. In this blog, I'll give you a way to come up with a logical plan for introducing new work at Training Level. Next week, I'll show you to plan to move up to Second and Third Level. I'll also show you how you can use feedback from competition to help you decide whether or not you're ready to move up.
First, I…
Added by Jane Savoie on May 29, 2009 at 10:30am — 4 Comments
Added by Lori Tankel on May 29, 2009 at 9:30am — 1 Comment
Back in 1970, when I began riding seriously, my BHI (graduate of Morven Park) instructor introduced me to the concept of behind the bit quite early in my riding career. What she said:
1) DON'T DO IT
2) It was a sign of bad horsemanship
3) Good riders NEVER rode behind the bit, at the top levels it JUST WASN'T DONE.
Almost 40 years later, everywhere I look, horses ridden behind the bit are EVERYWHERE, in all disciplines, winning top prizes, including medals at…
Added by Jackie Cochran on May 28, 2009 at 9:00pm — 2 Comments
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Added by Cat on May 22, 2009 at 7:00pm — 6 Comments
Hi Guys,
I received an email from a rider who said, "Can you help me with a problem I have with "locked elbows"? It is a bad habit that I've been trying to break forever. Any tips or visualizations would be really great!"
So, here we go:
In general, elastic elbows allow for movement. In the walk and canter, your elbows need to open and close to allow for the movement of your horse's head and neck. In the rising trot, your horse's head and neck is still, but…
Added by Jane Savoie on May 22, 2009 at 10:00am — 2 Comments
When I started riding seriously 38 years ago, one of the top achievements of any serious rider was to develop SOFT & EDUCATED hands. Beginners rode with loose reins until they developed an independent seat, advanced beginners through intermediate riders concentrated on developing soft hands, and advanced riders were acknowledged for their soft, educated hands. In fact if you did not have soft, educated hands you were NEVER considered an advanced rider, and were spoken of just as a…
ContinueAdded by Jackie Cochran on May 20, 2009 at 2:30pm — 6 Comments
Added by Heather Sansom at Equifitt.com on May 20, 2009 at 12:30pm — 3 Comments
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Added by Ottilie on May 15, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments
I know that riding a spooky horse can be challenging and frustrating so here are some tips to help you understand why your horse spooks and to give you some tools to help cope with shying.
*You might be more patient with your spooky horse when you understand that horses have survived in the wild all these years because of their natural flight response. So, when you think your horse is being unreasonable because he's shying from something that seems benign, change your…
Added by Jane Savoie on May 15, 2009 at 9:30am — 3 Comments
Added by Heather Sansom at Equifitt.com on May 12, 2009 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments
... I tried to share with non-horsey people the elation and overwhelming sense of "being" I felt after an "Aha!" moment with my horse.
Picture this ... it's my once-a-quarter dressage lesson with Canadian Olympian Belinda Trussell at her beautiful Oakcrest Farms. The second of a long series of thunderstorms looms on the horizon as I enter the magnificent arena to start warming up for our 45-minute lesson. As the lesson begins, a rumble of thunder introduces the stormy symphony…
Added by Dorothy McDonall on May 11, 2009 at 6:00pm — 6 Comments
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